Opportunity
SAM #7571TE26Q00052
NextMove Software License Renewal and Reinstatement for NIH NCATS
Buyer
OMAS STRATEGIC BUYING CENTER - INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Posted
June 25, 2026
Respond By
June 30, 2026
Identifier
7571TE26Q00052
NAICS
541519, 513210
This opportunity involves the renewal and reinstatement of proprietary chemical informatics software licenses for NIH NCATS. - Government Buyer: - Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) - National Institutes of Health (NIH) - National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) - OEM Highlight: - NextMove Software Limited is the sole OEM and provider - Products/Services Requested: - Annual support and maintenance subscriptions for: - HazELNut - LeadMine - CaffeineFix - SmallWorld - Pistachio - All products are proprietary software tools used for chemical informatics, including data export, analysis, search, and mining from ELNs, scientific literature, and patent databases - Requirement is brand name, all-or-none (no substitutions) - Notable Requirements: - One-year period of performance - Reinstatement and renewal of lapsed licenses to restore and maintain access for NCATS research - Essential for ongoing research activities in chemical data analysis and mining
Description
This is a Notice of Intent, not a request for quotation. No solicitation will be issued, and no quotations will be requested. The Department of Health and Human Services, on behalf of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), intends to award a firm-fixed-price contract to NextMove Software Limited, Innovation Centre, 320 Cambridge Science Park, Milton Road, Cambridge, CB4 0WG, United Kingdom, for the renewal and reinstatement of proprietary NextMove software licenses.
The purpose of this requirement is to renew NCATS’ NextMove proprietary software licenses, including HazELNut, LeadMine, CaffeineFix, SmallWorld, and Pistachio, for a one-year period of performance to restore and maintain access to mission-critical chemical informatics tools used in support of NCATS preclinical and translational research activities. The RFQ identifies this requirement as a firm-fixed-price acquisition for NextMove Software Limited, Brand Name, All or None.
The NextMove software suite supports the export, analysis, searching, and mining of chemical reaction data from Electronic Laboratory Notebooks (ELNs), scientific literature, and patent databases. These capabilities directly support novel assay development, assay validation, screening activities, and chemical data analysis across ongoing NCATS research projects.
The requirement includes the following NextMove software support and maintenance subscriptions:
Annual Single-site HazELNut Support and Maintenance Annual Single-site CaffeineFix/LeadMine Support and Maintenance Annual Single-site SmallWorld Support and Maintenance Annual Single-site Pistachio Support and Maintenance